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H. S. 'THG-MAS, W. R..DAV.IES AND R. B. THOMAS. N. C. B. THOMAS, H. R. W. ANDERSON AND C. BATHURST, EXECUTORS 0F R. B. THOMASfBEC'D.

TINNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY3|1918. I) d M I 1,304,408. atente avy- 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.l

ILL I' H. S. THOMAS, WI R. DAVIES AND R. B. THOMAS. N. c. B'. THoMAs. H. H. w. ANDERSON AND c. BATHuIIsT. ExEcuToIIs or R. B. THOMAS, DEc'p. TlNNlNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I3. Isle.

Patented May 20, 1919.

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IIIII IHII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH HUBERT SPENCE THOMAS,

0Ev LLANDAEE, WALEs,

WILLIAM ROBERT DAVIES, OF

WHITCHURCH, NEAR CARDIFF, WALES, AND RICHARD BEAUMONT THOMAS,

ENGLEFIELD GREEN, ENGLAND,

0E ENGLEEI'ELD GREEN, ENGLAND,

BY NORA ooN'sTANoE HENRY ROBERT WILLIAM ANDERSON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND-, AND CHARLES BATHURST, OF LYD- NEY, ENGLAND, EXECUTORS OF SAID RICHARD BEAUMONT THOMAS, DECEASED.

TINNINGr-MACHINE.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

' Patent-,ed May 2o, 1919.

Original application .led August 6, 1917,- Serial No. 184,768. Divided and this application led May 13,

' Y 1918. Serial No. 234,302.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, HUBERT SPENGE THOMAS, a subject of the King of Great Britain', residing at Llandaff, Glamorganshire', Wales, and WILLIAM ROBERT DAvIEs, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Whitchurch, near Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, and RICHARD BEAUMONT THOMAS, deceased, formerly a subject of the King of Great Britain, and lately residing at Englefield Green, Surrey, England, (NORA C sTANoE BEAUMONT THOMAs'and HENRY ROB- ERT WILLIAM ANDERSON and Sir CHARLES BATHURST, subjects of -the King of- Great Britain, residing,respectively at The Glade, `Engleield Green, Surrey, England; No. 80 Redclii'e Gardena-London, England, and

` Lydney Park, Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, being the` executors of said RICHARD BEAUMONT THoMAs,) have invented certain new and useful "Improvements in Tinning- Machines, of which the following is a specication.

Our invention relates to machinery for the manufacture of tin-plates and sheets such as is described and represented in the specification of our applicatlonfor Letters Patent Serial No. 184,768 filed August 6th 1917 and consists of the improvements hereinaf'ter described in the rolls of the said machinery.

In order that our invention may be'the better understood we remark that lin Inachines of the kind referred to a series o single plates or sheets are passed side by side or abreast through the machine, the said machines having a width proper to take sin'lulltaneously a row of single plates. or. sheets. In the said machines as heretofore constructed the rolls have had a length equal or approximately equal to the width of the machine and consequently when one or other of the rolls break a complete stoppage of the machine results. According to our invention we. make each of the -rolis in two short ends of which are presented to one another at or near the middle of the machine. Housings are arranged at or near the middle independent gearing is lengths or parts the of the machine for the bearings for the inner .ments constituting our invention as applied to therolls of the tin-pot and grease-pot of the continuous'machine for which we are applying for a patent by our application Serial No. 184,768 the said tin-pot and grease pot being illustratedv in the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 represents a plan of the said tinpot and grease pot.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the grease pot rolls and gearing for the same.

Fig. 3 isa plan of the grease pot and grease pot rolls and gearing and Fig. 4: is a cross section of the same. v

, The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts 1n the several the other rolls hereinafter described arev made in two short lengths or halves the presented ends of which are coupled together so as to insure their rotating as one by couplings 2 situatedbetween the middle housings 3, of the rolls. The couplings 2 may be of any construction known or preferred and hence we do not think it necessary further to describe or represent the same.

The rolls o, o over the entrancevend of the tinpot 1 and therolls s in the tin-pot 1 are also made in short lengths or halves arranged end to end the inner ends being supported in housings in the tin-pot and being cou led together.

he rolls o, o1, o2 in the grease pot are for connecting to' the soaking pot'and 15 similarly in two short lengths Or parts but provided for the said separate' grease pot rolls as is best seen in Figs. 2, 3, and 4:. The gearing for each of en d to end grease pot rolls o, '111, o2 is driven by a spur wheel 29 on a shaft 30 situated .95 the two sets of.A

over the right hand half of the grease pot 12 as is illustrated in the saidFigs. 2, 3 and Il the additional housings for the presented ends of the rolls o, v1, o2 near the middle of the grease pot 12 extent sufficient to between them.

By the arrangement hereinbefore described the complete stoppage of the machine or apparatus will not result from the fracture or breakage of a roll on one or other side of the machine and one 'half of the machine may be Worked when parts of accommodate the gearing the other half have been removed to eect repairs-or for other purposes.

We claim z l. ln a tinning machine or apparatus having a Width proper to take a series of plates or sheets abreast o r side-by-side, the combination of divided rolls arranged end to end or in line, housings supporting the adjacent or presented ends of the rolls, said housings being arranged along or near the middle line of the'machine, and driving means for being spaced apart to an,

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the said divided rolls for insuringtheir rotation in unison.

2.V In a tinning machine or apparatus constructed of av Width proper to take a series of plates or sheets abreast or side by side, the employment in the grease pot of the ma- V'chine of divided rolls arranged end to end or in line7 and housings near the middle of the grease pot for supporting the presented ends of the rolls, the two series of end to end rolls being provided with independent gearing, the upper gear Wheels of each train of Wheels being driven by gear Wheels on a common shaft situated over the grease pot.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands. f

CHARLES BATHURST,

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